Category: Windows
Ran into this error when installing Win 8.1u1 on a new low-end laptop via USB key... The complete error was: We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files This article - http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2012/03/06/error-quot-we-couldn-t-create-a-new-partition-or-locate-an-existing-one-for-more-information-see-the-setup-log-files-quot-when-you-try-to-install-windows-8-cp.aspx suggests simply using diskpart - but that didn't work for me. I…
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Very useful one-pager on the hotfixes applicable to DA http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2883952/en-us?sd=rss&spid=16526
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/2858738/microsoft-windows/microsoft-recommends-that-you-uninstall-botched-patch-kb-3004394.html
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One of the disappointing things about windows 8 to go is its disappointingly small number of certified USB devices that the wizard interface lets you use.... so, lets circumvent the rubbish that Microsoft put in to ensure decent performance... then we can abuse them for the poor performance of our non certified devices! If you…
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https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/online-proctored-exams.aspx Conflicting thoughts about this..... obviously more convenient, especially in a place like Adelaide where we have a grant total of 2 testing centre's, which aren't available full time and often booked out. On the other hand, It wont stop "exam factories" (nor can anything but changing exam content), and not even being able to…
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Its taken a while, but its nice to see a helpful feature added to win 7 SP1. http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/10/07/breaking-news-reduce-the-size-of-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-space-with-a-new-update-for-windows-7-sp1-clients.aspx
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Something that seems to be widely reported (such as http://www.zdnet.com/update-for-outlook-2013-breaks-folder-pane-7000020512/ ) i had this issue yesterday on a few of my machines, declined the update in wsus, uninstalled it (it seemed to be listed twice, if i only uninstalled one of them, it didnt fix the issue) and all was good. MS patching, with the…
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http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/05/14/windows-keeps-getting-better.aspx So, this is SP1 ? Sounds like it..... Notice how the windows store is mentioned but not SCCM/WSUS updates or deployment options (i assume it will be available as a new iso ?). I think it says something about how much MS cares about corporates at the moment....
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Consistency.... its what we spend a great deal of time fixing for clients.... sure, they see us writing standardisation documents for AD/Exchange/Group Policy/Logon scripts etc..... but really, what we are doing is trying to delivery consistency - simply because the more things that are consistent within an environment, the more logical it is - and…
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I went along to Tech-ed this year - my first time.... I've always stayed away from tech-ed, as most/all of the technical info is available on the web via blogs, documentation etc anyway.... and, well, its quite expensive... (especially this year as I took the entire team along) First impressions were not positive, the keynote…
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